Looking Ahead puts the spotlight on runners of interest across Australia and New Zealand. Whether they are a particularly well-bred or high-priced runner having their first or second start, a promising galloper returning to the track or a horse which has trialled particularly well, we’ll aim to give you something to follow.
Thursday at Coffs Harbour, we look at a gelding whose full brother is a Group 3 winner, and a filly who hails from the good family of Snitzerland (Snitzel) and Sooboog. At Wangaratta, we pay attention to a debutant half-brother to the very good Waging War (Rebel Raider).
Coffs Harbour, Race 4, 3.05pm AEDT, Signarama Coffs Harbour CG&E Showcase Mdn, $30,000, 1000m
Willinga Snazzy, 3-year-old gelding (Snitzel x Nocturnelle {Elusive Quality {USA}})
This gelding is the fourth foal from the Elusive Quality (USA) mare Nocturnelle and, as such, he is a full brother to the G3 Up And Coming S. winner Dracrys (Snitzel). The second dam on this page is Dama De Noche (Snippets), who herself was a Group 3 winner and the dam of four total stakes winners or stakes-placed performers.
Willinga Snazzy was consigned by Arrowfield Stud to the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where he was sold to Willinga Park Operations for $200,000.
Willinga Snazzy as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
The gelding is trained at Taree by Joseph Burges after his early career in the care of Sydney trainers Richard and Will Freedman. He’s been unplaced in four trials so far, and in this debut he will have jockey Ashley Morgan from barrier four.
Coffs Harbour, Race 5, 3.40pm AEDT, Moonee Beach Hotel F&M Showcase Mdn, $30,000, 1000m
Devils Where, 3-year-old filly (Shalaa {Ire} x Pergram {General Nediym})
This filly is from the General Nediym mare Pergram, who was a winner of the Listed SAJC Queen Adelaide S. The female side of this pedigree is quite good, with the second dam, Tennessee Royal (Royal Academy {USA}), a half-sister to the dam of six-time Group winner Snitzerland and the Kitchwin Hills sire Sooboog. Snitzerland, in turn, has produced the G3 Maribyrnong Plate winner Hard Landing (All Too Hard).
Devils Where was consigned by Bowness Stud to the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, selling to All Winners Thoroughbreds for $70,000.
Devils Where as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
She is trained at Grafton by Scott Henley, and she was third in a trial debut on November 18. In this first appearance on raceday, she will have jockey Aaron Bullock from barrier five.
Wangaratta, Race 5, 3pm AEDT, Sportsbet Set A Deposit Limit Mdn, $37,500, 1590m
Far Too Long, 3-year-old gelding (So You Think {NZ} x Fartoo Flashy {Galileo {Ire}})
This unraced gelding is a half-brother to Waging War, who won the G3 SAJC Chairman’s S. and was multiple times Group- and stakes-placed. The pair are from the Galileo (Ire) mare Fartoo Flashy, who herself was a half-sister to the stakes-placed Lagerphone (Fastnet Rock).
Far Too Long was consigned by Mill Park Stud in South Australia to the 2021 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, where he was sold to Anthony Freedman Racing, Blue Sky Bloodstock (FBAA) and Bahen Bloodstock for $280,000.
Far Too Long as a yearling | Image courtesy of Magic Millions
He is trained at Flemington by Anthony and Sam Freedman and was unplaced in a debut trial at Benalla earlier this month. In this first official outing, Far Too Long will have jockey Neil Farley aboard from barrier 16.
Looking Back
Our Looking Ahead selections on Wednesday were a mixed bag. At Gosford, Anavinci (I Am Invincible) was a scratching, while at the Gold Coast, Cifrado (Encryption) was second. At Geelong, Shes Indanile (American Pharoah {USA}) was unplaced.
